Grudge Director Working on Project Scissors: NightCry "for Free"

Hifume Kono, director of Project Scissors: NightCry and the creator of Clock Tower, has revealed that filmmaker Takashi Shimizu is working on NightCry "for free."

Destructoid conducted the three-part interview with Kono, who revealed that Shimizu "kindly agreed to work with us for free as our partner!!!" Shimizu is the director behind the Japanese horror flick Ju-On, as well as it's American counterpart The Grudge.

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"For me to create a brand new horror franchise, I felt the need for 'fresh air' from outside the games industry. This new air should not be a comfortable breeze; it must be a dominant force, like a hurricane. This was when I came up with working with Mr. Shimizu, the director of one of my favorite films, Ju-on," Kono said.

"I was very nervous as I approached him, since we did not have any budget to afford an internationally renowned film director like him," he continued. "However, Mr. Shimizu really was intrigued about the project, and kindly agreed to work with us for free as our partner!!! At that time, I felt so lucky that I probably would have been able to win the jackpot 10 times in a row."

NightCry, Japanese studio Nude Maker's successor to the survival horror Clock Tower series, has players investigating a series of murders aboard a stranded luxury cruise liner. The title is in development as a PS Vita and Andriod /iOS game.

Recently NightCry got a 30-second teaser trailer which hints at a possible Scissorman return, as well as plenty of general creepiness. The game was announced back in September, but has not yet been given a release date.

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